Dual Cultivation Simulator

Chapter 170: World of Martial Arts and Cultivators Part 5

[It was a huge realization that struck you. This world wasn't much different from your world.]

[It made you understand just how fucked up these worlds were. In these worlds, the value of life was nothing.]

[And, you couldn't do anything about it. If you wanted to make a change, you had to start with gaining strength.]

[Strength to change the world, strength to enforce the laws, strength was everything.]

[This realization made you doubt why strength was so important.]

[Does being powerful mean you could do anything? Wasn't that why your laws would work?]

['For now, just keep getting stronger! I can think about everything else later.' Consoling yourself, you stopped thinking about it entirely.]

[Instead, you went to practice the Martial Arts and Spells. When you told your father about your current rank, he just nodded his head.]

[You asked why he wasn't surprised that he could become both. Then, he said, compared to many other things you did while you were young, this seemed quite easy.]

[After all, you are not the only one who has become a cultivator and a martial artist at the same time. Most people choose not to do it.]

[For one simple reason. They don't have the talent to make consistent progress by walking on both paths.]

[You are different. Your talent is so impressive that your dad even received a letter from three big powerhouses.]

[Black Turtle House, Silver Killing Organization, and Heavy Sword Sect]

[These three powerhouses were considered the strongest forces in the entire Moglin Country.]

[Your Azure Town can't even be considered a small power in front of these. To get a direct recommendation from them meant a secured future.]

[While you weren't interested in these forces, you knew you had to get involved somehow.]

[Because your goal was to conquer this world. That's how you ended the first simulation. So, you wanted to follow a similar pattern and create the most powerful organization.]

[Control the organization and use the organization to control the world.]

[So, you started planning. Your goal was simple. Gather a talented group of people and recruit them.]

[You know you can't train people, so you have to recruit talented and strong people. But these kinds of people are harder to recruit.]

[So, you decided to leave the Azure Town after things were stabilized and meet these people.]

[There was only one way for you to convince them. It was through sheer display of power and need.]

[After you put down those thoughts, you started focusing on your town. Since those people weren't gonna leave, you had to find another way to keep this town safe.]

[The best way was Array. Arrays were special formations created by using spiritual objects and runes that had been coded with Qi.]

[Those spiritual objects were a series of different materials combined into one through forging to create a device that can input Qi and output an Array.]

[The runes were used to give it certain functions like protection, attack, or any special objective.]

[You didn't have any arrays on you. So, you had to find one. Fortunately, you know where to look.]

[But first, you had to earn a vast amount of wealth. The best way to gain wealth was through fights.]

[There was a special bounty system used by the Silver Killer Organization. This bounty system utilized the power of outside people to assassinate someone.]

[But they also take at least thirty percent of the bounty without even moving a finger. You needed money, so you didn't hesitate to use this method.]

[The next morning, you left the town and went straight to a city known as Warrior Solace. It was an extremely vibrant city.]

[Filled with people of different classes, strengths, and races existing within a single city. He was surprised to find just how many people weren't exactly humans.]

[There were many hybrids like half-human, half-dog, half-human half-wolf, half-human half-plant, and even an unknown species that looks like a human with strange scales over its body.]

[Seeing these people, you were quite curious to learn more about this world. But for now, you went straight to the base of the Silver Killer Organization.]

[You were wearing a tight outfit that completely hid your face. Except for your eyes, nothing could be seen which drew quite a lot of attention.]

[But it also made people not underestimate you because of your age. So, you were able to get inside the Silver Killer Organization base.]

[When you get there, the worker from the base will ask you about your requirement. After answering their questions, you were sent to a separate room.]

[In this room, you saw a lot of bounty posters on the wall. After looking around, you finally spotted a certain target.]

[This target was none other than the City Lord of Minju City. It was a small city, similar to Azure Town, just next to it.]

[He targeted this person specifically because one of the attackers was well well-known person related to the city lord.]

[So, you knew this man was your enemy. And surprisingly enough, his bounty was 50,000 Qi Coins]

[These coins were specifically made by the usage of Qi so that they weren't just normal currency. That's why people usually rely on different types of currency based on a country's preference.]

[Azure Town uses copper coins as its currency. But Qi Coins were universal because of their value. A single Qi coin could be used to refill the Qi reserve of a Qi Refining Cultivator.]

[So, the value of a Qi coin was quite high. 1 Qi Coin was equal to 100 copper coins. That puts its value the same as a gold coin.]

[Because of its weakest value, copper was adopted by normal people in the weakest parts of the country, just like Azure Town.]

[In a city like Warrior Solace, silver coins were mostly used. Only in the capital city of the country, gold coins used as currency.]

[There should be many places above the country in terms of strength, but you weren't aware of their presence.]

[Deciding on whom to kill, you registered the mission and left the city. You traveled straight to Minju City and entered.]

[It seemed like this city had also adopted your town's business idea, but instead of helping the city grow, it was only making people leave the city.]

[Because of this, the population and prices of the land were going down simultaneously.]

[You didn't pay for it, though. You sneaked into the city through the city walls. They couldn't even feel your presence even though you weren't hiding it.]

[This was simply because of perfect control over your Qi. Whether it was Qi merged in your blood or Qi inside your Dantian, you could perfectly control it.]

[So, with your speed and control over Qi, you could easily hide your presence from average people.]

[Using this method, you sneaked into the City Lord's mansion and found the city lord.]

[He was currently in his room, talking with his advisor. And surprisingly, they were talking about your town's condition.]

[They were planning on how to shift the blame away from their city once their intentions were found.]

[After all, they did send a powerful warrior from the City Lord's side to kill your father.]

[If you were to take revenge, they would be absolutely devastated.]

[And, they were quite right to be so fearful. After all, a small town or a city like this could only have Eighth Rank Martial Artists as the leader.]

[Even in a powerful city like Warrior Solace, the highest rank would be Sixth Rank. That's why when you went there, you weren't afraid of any conflicts.]

[But deep down, you had a certain suspicion. The bounty of a person would be corresponding to his strength.]

[Your father was an Eighth Rank Martial Artist, and his bounty was only ten thousand. Of course, your information hadn't gone out.]

[But because of your special power at such a small age, you also received the bounty of one thousand Qi Coins, which was similar to Ninth Rank.]

[So, the bounty of the city lord meant his strength was similar to Seventh Rank. But the information still said that his strength was Eighth Rank.]

[You didn't know what to trust. So, you went all in.]

[In an instant, you rushed in front of the Minju City Lord and unsheathed your sword. You went for a stab at his neck, but just before your sword could hit, it was blocked.]

[The advisor, whom you considered a normal advisor, was holding his sword against yours, blocking your attack with such precision that you were stumped for a moment.]

[The Minju City Lord didn't seem to panic. Instead, he looked at you with disdain and a belief that you are dead.]

[You also understood why his bounty was so high. He wasn't Seventh Rank, but he was protected by one.]

[You ignored his look and turned towards the advisor.]

[You said, "Seventh Rank, if you block my next attack, I will kill you."]